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"The spirits of German folklore inhabit the pages of this book just as they settled the homesteads of ancient Germany. Belief in these creatures shaped daily life for centuries--first shared orally and later written down and compiled, most famously by the Brothers Grimm. Now, in the 21st century, a team of three German creators have set themselves the mission of bringing these creatures back from the fog of oblivion to the international public. Domestic dragons and wild women, Kobolds and Wichtel are portrayed through the lens of narrative and mythological research showing their regional peculiarities within European folktales. Each creature is brought to life as a detailed sculpture in original size, based on historical descriptions and beautifully photographed in Germany, in the landscape that these creatures might once have walked. A new, spectacular approach that combines both art and cultural studies in an innovative way."-- Provided by publisher

Focusing on the syntax of external arguments, the book delves into transitivity alternations through a cross-linguistic lens, primarily utilizing data from English, German, and Greek. It examines the intricacies of the causative/anti-causative alternation and the processes involved in forming adjectival participles, offering insights into the structural variations and similarities across these languages.

This work investigates a number of central issues in the syntax of adverbs with special reference to Greek in the light of Kayne's Antisymmetry Hypothesis. It looks at the problems that the syntax of adverbs raises and contains a brief introduction to antisymmetry and the Minimalist Program.